Posted on March 12, 2005
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Neighbors in war...

Enjoy this one

Posted on March 12, 2005
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Now on AllForPeace Radio

The interview on SnowBlog is being broadcasted in moments...

Want to listen? Surf to AllForPeace and click on life broadcast
(at PM and 6PM)

Posted on March 13, 2005
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The Cedar Revolution is happening now

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of anti-Syrian protesters, chanting "truth, freedom, national unity," flooded central Beirut Monday in Lebanon's biggest rally since an ex-premier was killed a month ago.

The biggest revolution in the Middle East maybe?

This is the result of a long happening evolution in this country.
When I was in Beirut 2 years ago, I learned that Christians and Muslims are still opposed to each other, but their point of unity is surely 'Syria needs to go out'. The revolution of today comes not as a surprise but as a logic event in a well developed country, controlled by a very conservative kingdom.

I stick to my point that AlJazeera is having a certain influence in independent news reports, which are clearly still colored, but yet much more reliable then former sources.

The Middle East is shaking with these events.
Arafat died and gave space to a new leadership.

Hariri was killed and leads to the start of a free Lebanon.
Iran is surely moving too.

Brought to you by Reuters: Top News

Posted on March 14, 2005
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A blog about Israel's influence on US policy

Why am I starting this blog? On such a delicate subject? Well, because I feel the need to contribute to an open debate on U.S. foreign policy, mainly in the Middle East, but also as policy toward the Middle East impinges on U.S. relations with countries outside the region.

We need to talk about it, because we're getting set up for a broadening of U.S. military action in the region -- and we need to debate whether or not doing this serves U.S. interests -- and to do that, we need to have a frank discussion of some of the ulterior motives, and yes, dual loyalties which are driving the policy process in the Bush administration.

Looks an interesting site to follow...

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Posted on March 14, 2005
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Jihaa!

©Ine D.

More on www.seduction.be

Posted on March 14, 2005
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Designing a new site

I am currently busy designing the new site for 'Knapste Boer van Vlaanderen'
It's a nice job, because I get a no specific orders.
The perfect job that means: make a nice look and feel, functional and tasteful.
Soon online on www.knapsteboer.be

Posted on March 14, 2005
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Anxiety...

E. was the first to hear it. We were sitting in the living room and he suddenly jumped up, alert, "Do you hear that?" He asked. I strained my ears for either the sound of a plane or helicopter or gun shots. Nothing... except, wait... something... like a small stream of... water? Could it be? Was it back? We both ran into the bathroom where we had the faucets turned on for the last eight days in anticipation of water. Sure enough, there it was- a little stream of water that kept coming and going as if undecided. E. and I did a little victory dance in front of the sink with some celebratory hoots and clapping.

Imagine waiting for the streaming water.
Imagine waiting for electricity -seems that people in Ghent have an experience of that by now ;) -
Some things just got so obvious for all of us.
As if it always was there.

But it wasn't.

Read this and this amazing post to get an idea how life is in Iraq for ordinary people.

Posted on March 16, 2005
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Mailbox clean up

I think I never did it before. -I delete immediately- but after long years on the web, I decided to clean out my mailbox from all unnecessary mail.
Wow... Halfway through. -after 1 night and 1 morning-
(Hope I get some free disk space now.)
Funny to read your past when scrolling through all those long forgotten mails...

Posted on March 17, 2005
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On water.

Read my post of yesterday on water anxiety.
Our boiler broke down yesterday. Result: no more water.
I suddenly understand the idea of 'no more water out of the tabs'

Posted on March 17, 2005
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Officially launched spring in Belgium

I hereby officially declare Spring opened!
Official weather front-men and women declared it already a week ago. But to me, a first motor-ride is needed...
Just took the main machine outside. The little baby started without any problems, and the happy noises proved he was happy.

The smile on my face tells many things:
-I am certainly a Spring lady
-I definitely have the motorcycle disease (which is there always when the weather is sunny and dry)
-I should move a country with more sun, I hate these long cold rainy winters...

Playing now: Paint from the album "Look Sharp" by Roxette

Update: my motor isn't insured yet -well, I was away during the winter. so no need to drive it. Checking for insurances and found out Ethias has 6-months insurance: 262 euro. (And of course you have to ask about that, otherwise you end up with 1 year contracts...)
This is exactly 75 euro cheaper than my last insurance.
Let's call that a deal... Tomorrow they confirm everything.
They actually have an anti-theft-insurance.

Posted on March 17, 2005
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How to get press interested in your launch...

Internetjournalistiek posted an interesting article on what to 'do''and to 'don't' on press releases.

In the past I had many experiences with it, and to me a press opening or event DOES NOT work.
Press releases though do have effects.

A must read.

Posted on March 17, 2005
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Was that really a pro-Syrian rally?

And yes the Syrian government and its supporters in Syria and Lebanon (well they're supporters since they're showing in their rallies!) do celebrate the Syrian withdrawal too, as it's a victory for Syria and her historic leadership. I know it sounds strange to most westerns but you're all just not smart enough to understand that, as your minds have been corrupted for a long time with this democracy thing that does not leave a decent place for legendary heroes. While we, Arabs understand perfectly that it's a victory for Asad just like the 1st Gulf war was a victory for Saddam and the 1967 war was a victory for Nasir.

You see, the six days war was not part of the Israeli Arab conflict, nor the 1st Gulf War aimed to liberate Kuwait, otherwise both would've been victories for Israel and the international alliance respectively and therefore they would've been defeats for Nasir and Saddam as well as other Arab governments. The truth is that these wars aimed only to topple Nasir and Saddam and since that didn't happen then we can justifiably say that both historic, legendary leaders actually won in those wars, and since Nasir was the whole Egypt and Saddam was the whole Iraq then these were victories for Egypt and Iraq! Simple, isn't it?

Interesting inside in Arab way of thinking :)

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Posted on March 18, 2005
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Google ranking synonym for famous?

Preople is a popular app on the web, popping up in all blogs:

Preople will tell you, definitely and undeniable, what your place, your ranking and your relation to all the other people in the world is in one number.

It's popularity is certainly due to the high gadget ranking, and the fact that people want to know, to compare.
But what are we compared to?
TO google ranking. And what does these links tell? Anything at all?

Grow up..
Let's play the game.
Let's put my name in the Preople googler. (me, an unknown Belgian photographer)
And let's add for example Lieve Blancquaert. (a Belgian famous photographer)

The results:
I won, with 2400 points against 603 for Lieve.

So what?
Does it make people know me?
I don't think so.
Am I more famous than Lieve?
I don't think so.

So this is my position in the world compared to other people?
Laughing out loud, that's what I am doing.
There must be a better way to find my position.
Asking my friends for example..

Posted on March 18, 2005
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3 Saturdays of shopping makes...

I was abroad for 2 years, and my luggage was restricted to nothing more than 30 kilo.
Imagine, you, in your apartment/house and taking the most necessary things out of it, into 2 big suitcases.
30 kilo, that already included: my computer, my camera's, my 2 back up hard disks, an ipod, a videocam, a bunch of filmrolls, 5 books, paperwork needed to get me into school, all together representing something like 14 kilo's.
Which left me with 16 kilo's for toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, a duvet to sleep in, a cover for the bed, some pictures to lighten up my room, a headset for my music, walking boots, sandals, sport shoes, sun-block, some towels and finally my clothes...

I guess you got it: I left with almost nothing.
Like 7 Tees, 3 trousers, 2 shorts, 2 nice shirts, a sweater, a pullover, a jeans jacket, a raincoat and enough underwear, bras and socks.

That's it!
I lived on it 2 years.

I never even bothered to change much (OK, I bought new T-shirts and threw the old, I bought an extra pair of trousers, and one fleece. And I got a fabulous jeans from Yasser.)

So now, actually my wardrobe was empty, or just very very used.
And I just had to go shopping.
(Note: I hate to go shopping. I am the person that would buy the same jeans year after year. Actually I buy the same Petit Bateau T-shirts year after year, just in different colors. I run into a shop and 10 min later I have to have it. Or I leave. On top of that I am a very very difficult person when it comes to clothes: they have to be perfect. They have to be classic and fit like a second skin. )

I went 3 Saturdays in row... and it was hellish.
Why is fashion so ugly these days? Why is it so hard to find a simple nice thing?

3 Saturdays and finally a winner:
-1 pull-over, found at Mexx Sports

-1 T-shirt, found at WE
-2 T-shirts, found at Esprit
-2 trousers, found at AS Adventure

What I lost?
75, 11, 50 and 75 euro, in that order.

What I learned?
Next time, I'll just stick to 4 shops:
Esprit, WE, Mexx, but most of all AS Adventure.
I passed everything:
H&M -too baggy-, Zara-too small-, -too expensive-
and I saw all the stores in Ghent, Alost, and Ninove...
and always I return to the same stores... So I just have to skip the others.

What I didn't buy:
The amazing beautiful shoes of Dirk Bikkembergs -175 euro, they must be crazy...-

What I didn't find:
Other beautiful shoes -guess I was too focussed on those Bikkembergs- + a nice shirt.

But hey, the money is finished...
For 211 euro, I'll pass the summer :) (Luckily the fashion is 'washed' so my left overs are 'in' these days.)

Posted on March 19, 2005
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Skype In

Skype offers a new service: you can actually achieve a local phonenumber.
So people from an ordianry line can call you on a number. When they do, your Skype will start ringing.
Interesting for people abroad. -Imagine being called at my Skype on a local Belgian number, when I am elsewhere. People would always call local...-
It might be a good solution for Moko, who can get an Chinese number, while she, herself is sitting in Canada. Her parents can call local and pay local rates.
Or Ana can have an American number, while being in Brazil...

Skype wrote some days ago:

Does Skype for Mac OS X support SkypeIn?
Yes, the newly released Beta version (Version: 1.0.0.15) is fully compatible with both Skype Voicemail and SkypeIn. Please click here to download before purchasing a SkypeIn number.

So now, I can use the system as well.
Only waiting until they release a Belgian number...

Posted on March 20, 2005
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2,000 Talmud tapes, or one loaded iPod

The Daf Yomi is a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of Talmud learning. Participants study a page a day of this compendium of Jewish oral law, culminating in a celebration, known as the Siyum HaShas.

But how do you study a 2,711-page book when you have to commute?
With the ShasPod.

For $399, Yehuda Shmidman sends his customers a 20-gigabyte iPod loaded with Talmud lectures. That is $100 above the price of an iPod alone.

"We created this because of two glaring trends," the entrepreneur said. "One is the iPod, and the other is the Siyum HaShas, which is something so incredible that when it happens you obviously want to join the next cycle."

MP3 audio files of Daf Yomi lectures have long been available online. But many ultra-Orthodox Jews refrain from using the Web for purposes unrelated to work, so they have no way of downloading these files.

Via Antonio The New York Times.

Brought to you by we make money not art

LOL.
You have to know that real strict Orthodox Jews are not allowed to use internet.
They are not allowed actually to lit the light in the weekend.
So this is a stunning and funny message.
Imagine a ultraortodox with the little curls near his ears, and then white eardops.
Admit: makes you smile.

Posted on March 20, 2005
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Dust

A friend once asked me if I never feel homesick.
I guess I never did.
Those days I just close my eyes and walk around in the library in my head.
I open all the books I lived, all the little stories, and read them once again.
Moments, monuments in my life.
Even the bad ones.
It is amazing how much stays locked in your head.
Pictures without negatives, never clicked and yet there.
Even smells if you concentrate hard enough.
Flashbacks.

I keep finding new books, walking in the library, my finger on the rugs, leaving a trace of moved dust.

Tonight, I want to be the dust in your eye, that makes you stop for a moment.
To wipe me away. To cry, to curse, to smile.
And after wiping out and standing still, you'll see the world clearly again.

You are a book in my library. Tonight I opened it.
Many empty pages, already there, waiting for the story.
Your face is still vague, only the contour is visible, some lines.
You're a ghost, a mystery.

I know nothing more than a name, a place, and some sentences you wrote.

I guess that's how all stories start.

Posted on March 21, 2005
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Camera to iPod

This must be the solution for leaving my Pbook home when shooting pics.
Finally a cheap solution :)
Storing pics perfectly in a 60gb pod. Makes like 17142 pics...:)))
And I can reload 60 times the 1gig card.
Sound splendid to me.

What is it? The iPod Camera Connector

Posted on March 21, 2005
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A new house

Great solution

Posted on March 22, 2005
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Kit Homes Modern

It's scheduled to be published in December 2005, but worthy of review now. In fact the timing couldn't be better, houses are astronomically expensive and kit houses may be the only affordable low cost/high design solution. "Kit Homes Modern explains...

A solution to my everlasting problem: housing is too expensive..
So what? Build it yourself...

Brought to you by MoCo Loco

Posted on March 22, 2005
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The body

A fiction movie with amazingly well situation on how Israel looks these days.
I am watching it now and catch already inside language :)
Watch the movie now on Kanaal2

See the trailer
Read more on the film

Remarks:
-Sometimes too yellow colors, same technique as in SpyGame which is situated in Lebanon, see the extras on that DVD to know on the reason why-
-Parts are filmed in the nice garden (Garden Tomb) just outside Damascus Gate. Some people believe Jesus was buried there. Even if you are a non-believer, it is worth visiting. You kind of get the real spirit of Jerusalem there. And you see a really old tomb, like it used to be like in the year 33.
-Amazing integration of the political problem into the religious world in this film. Just like it is ;)
-The Old City of Jerusalem used to be my home for 2 days a week during 7 months. The atmosphere is well presented in this movie. Makes me long to see it again.
-The soldiers.... As many as in Jerusalem...
-Real Palestinians, real Jews. -And not like in SpyGame fake ones-
-Also real Hebrew.
-Shin Bet is the national secret service of Israel -Mossad is the international secret service of Israel-
-Integration of the rituals are real. So well documented script. -Talking about the not giving back of the jar-
-Missing on the scene of the bombing: the religious volunteers who look for human parts. Because the Jewish belief says you need to gather the whole body and bury it together...
-Interesting mindfood: the question is not if Christ did resurrected. But how would you feel if they found out he didn't? Same question asked in Dan Browns books: What if Jesus got a child?

-Mistake in the movie: the text in the end of the movie is in Hebrew, and should have been in Aramese.

-She says 'When I was in the army' Women in Israel need to go to the army too... 2 years.
-Did you know many archeological discoveries in relation to Jesus were found, one of them telling this: The skeleton of a crucified man: Although many thousands of Jews were crucified by the Roman occupying army during the 1st and 2nd century CE, almost of their bodies were discarded in a dump to be eaten by scavengers. This was a calculated design by the Romans to increase the horror and revulsion associated with crucifixion. But in 1968, the remains of a crucified man were found in a burial cave at Giv'at ha-Mivtar, northeast of Jerusalem. A group of five ossuaries was discovered in the cave. One of them contained the bones of two men and a young child. One of the men, aged from 24 to 28 years, had been crucified during the 1st century CE. A 4.5" (11.4 cm) nail pierced the victim's right heel bone.
Seems like the story behind this movie...
-Many of these discoveries are forgeries. For the money of course.

Posted on March 22, 2005
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The Phantom Weapons...

'I hope Americans feel good about taking their war on terror to foreign soil. For bringing the terrorists to Iraq- Chalabi, Allawi, Zarqawi, the Hakeems… How is our current situation going to secure America? How is a complete generation that is growing up in fear and chaos going to view Americans ten years from now? Does anyone ask that? After September 11, because of what a few fanatics did, Americans decided to become infected with a collective case of xenophobia… Yet after all Iraqis have been through under the occupation, we're expected to be tolerant and grateful. Why? Because we get more wheat in our diets?

Terror isn't just worrying about a plane hitting a skyscraper…terrorism is being caught in traffic and hearing the crack of an AK-47 a few meters away because the National Guard want to let an American humvee or Iraqi official through. Terror is watching your house being raided and knowing that the silliest thing might get you dragged away to Abu Ghraib where soldiers can torture, beat and kill. Terror is that first moment after a series of machine-gun shots, when you lift your head frantically to make sure your loved ones are still in one piece. Terror is trying to pick the shards of glass resulting from a nearby explosion out of the living-room couch and trying not to imagine what would have happened if a person had been sitting there.

The weapons never existed. It's like having a loved one sentenced to death for a crime they didn't commit- having your country burned and bombed beyond recognition, almost. Then, after two years of grieving for the lost people, and mourning the lost sovereignty, we're told we were innocent of harboring those weapons. We were never a threat to America...

Congratulations Bush- we are a threat now. '

A thought of an ordinary Iraqi, a man in the street. A smart man.
If we wonder where terrorists are growing... Here's an insight answer.
It is not a left wing question, nor a treat.
It is a simple observation, to the point.

I wondered 2 years ago, I tried to understand. Who decided to be a living bomb? And why?
The answer sometimes ends with 'Why not...'

Brought to you by Baghdad Burning

Posted on March 23, 2005
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Banksy Hits NYC

The work of street artist, graffiti writer, and over all mischievously impressive prankster "Banksy", never seizes to amaze me--but this time he really hit a home run. Banksy hit New York's most famous museums, dressed as a British pensioner. He entered the Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (shown above), and the Museum of Natural History, carrying some unusual works to install. He installed his own works in each location, along with a name plaque and explanation. It seems from the pictures that he had no issues with security, and waltzed in and out without distraction. The pieces at the MET and MoMa were discovered after some time and taken down. The other two pieces still remain for the publics viewing. Goodness, what an excellent job.

More pictures and info @ Wooster Collective

FABULOUS!!!

Brought to you by Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting

Posted on March 24, 2005
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Leaving to Israel on Saturday

Will be away for 2 weeks.
Though, the easy part is hooking up the comp and playing around.
Hope to send some video material out of Gaza/Tel Aviv :)

Posted on March 25, 2005
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Happy Easter...

Enjoy (watch the bunny beat)

Posted on March 25, 2005
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Things to go and see in Israel/Palestine

Although I have been there a dozen times, I still managed to miss some of the things to see...

Must visit if I find the time:
-Yad Vashem, the museum in the Holocaust (very new, so I couldn't have gone there yet)
-The Israel Museum, where you can see the Dead Sea Scrolls, in the Shrine of the Book (shame on me...)
-Dome of the rock.

-Herodus' secret city.
-Dive into Herodus City, in Caesarea (well, I don't like diving...)

Things I did, but might be interesting for others to know:
Well, you have the very normal things to see such as: Western Wall, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Church of Nativity (Bethlehem), Massada, Red Sea...

But consider these ones as an extra tip:
Jericho with the watering system.
Garden Tomb to see a tomb dating from +- 33 a.C.
Galilei with on top the amazing beautiful and very modern church. (somewhere near where Jesus was said to have walked over the water...)
Golan (and in winter: go and ski!)
The little monastery near Jericho, hidden between the rocks.

Posted on March 25, 2005
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iPodding

Just bought it :)
With iTalk, and ordered the Camera-to-ipod-connector.

Perfect storage room in my pocket. Plus good music for long flights.
-Hopping from Brussels to Zurich and from Zurich to Tel Aviv. One crying kid can ruin your whole flight...-

Can't wait to see the beauty tonight...

Posted on March 25, 2005
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In my country

A movie on South Africa.

See the trailer here

Posted on March 25, 2005
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Soft for iPod

Yep, it arrived. And how... What a beauty.

Macline, my favourite dealer did there best. Ordered in the morning, delivered in the afternoon. With the iTalk.

The iPhoto is worth the investment: the syncro for the pics is fabulous: point out a folder of images, and it will be transferred to the iPod. And if you want, your high res too. It means a small back up on the disk (60gb) Fabulous.

Installing all the little apps now.
Pod2Go is perfect. And MapQuest, well it works in Europe too.
Fabulous -pity though I cannot see a real map.-

You have more fabulous apps?
Please let me know.

Posted on March 26, 2005
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Free WiFi versus paying.

In many places, you can now see WiFi hotspots. Often against very expensive rates.
And yet... Why not offer it for free?
I wonder what will make you earn more: more customers that come for the free internet and thus more consumption resulting in more profit. Or customers that come for the internet and pay for it, thus resulting in profit through the sales of acces to the network.
I think the latter is a looser if the prices don't drop.

In Tel Aviv, you have several hotspots.
Methuka seems to introduce it now -with paying module- and another bar, near the sea is offering it fro free since several months. I prefer the latter, since I pay and get consumption. In Methuka I pay for internet AND for consumption.

I think the future will depend on those extra (different from free) services.

Posted on March 27, 2005
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Storing voice memo on your iPod

I have a tiny little problem: each time I synchro my iPod all the voice memo's I made disappear...
Does anybody know how to solve it?
I would love to keep those voice memo/interviews ON my HD.

All tips are welcome.

And, oh, glad they made a crack to the built in sound level limit for Europe.
Your European iPod on max level has almost NO sound. -Or I am already deaf off course...-

Update:
humhum. I found the solution... It is even better then I thought:

iTalk Support

How do I get my recordings into my computer?

When you connect your iPod to the computer and sync the iPod, your recordings will automatically be transferred to a Voice Memos playlist in iTunes.

Also, the Voice memos will be transferred back to the iPod, but they will appear in a Voice Memos playlist on the iPod (not under Extras > Voice Memo).

I just LOVE this convenience.

Posted on March 28, 2005
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Millennium Images presents:

I get newsletters from Millennium every month or so. And each time it is a stunning image that accompanies it.

Would die to see more of this work. Actually would die to see it in real time.
These are the sort of images that are not really suitable for a computer screen. These are the images you want to see on large white walls.

Sometimes our virtual reality isn't enough....

If you have the chance: visit

"Kiruna: A Town in the Swedish Arctic." by Adam Shawyer

Over the past four years, Adam Shawyer has visited the North Eastern Swedish town of Kiruna, an iron ore mining town above the arctic circle. Kiruna's average winter temperatures are between -20 and -30 , with about 2 months of very little daylight during the heart of winter. In this darkness the Northern Lights can sometimes be seen.

Adam first went to Kiruna with a plan to photograph the illusive Northern Lights but soon became fascinated with the town itself. Extreme cold and heavy snowfall, combine with the stark night lighting to transform this functional 1960's town into a deserted and theatrical stage set.

The effect of the extreme temperatures on the camera lens itself has enhanced the surreal and painterly effects of the work.

Adam has moved into photography since studying Fine Art printmaking at Norwich School of Art. For the last 5 years he has
Worked in digital production, and combines these techniques in his work.

Posted on March 29, 2005
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Beauty has cut itself off

Tonight I am meeting Vardi Kahana.

She is an Israeli photographer and made an incredible series about a young woman, dying of cancer.
Might be an interesting meeting...

Posted on March 29, 2005
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Digital Fortress

I just finished Dan Browns first thriller: Digital Fortress.

Though not as good as the others, it still reads as a train.

And yep, the idea is actual: are our emails being controlled or not?

500 pages that read in 3 hours. Nice -but not splendid..-

Posted on March 30, 2005
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Jane Evelyn Atwood in Charleroi

Jane Evelyn Atwood will give a lecture in Charleroi.

Some lines on her:

Jane Evelyn Atwood, a commitment to women

An American living in Paris, Jane Evelyn Atwood photographs people on the margins of society: prostitutes, women in prison, etc. Her book on the victims of antipersonnel mines will be published in France in September 2004.

Jane Evelyn Atwood landed in Paris in 1971 and immediately fell in love with a city she found seething with life and culture. Five years later, she launched herself into photography. She very quickly received the support of the Centre national de la photographie [the French national centre for photography] and two grants from the Ministry of Culture. "A Ministry of Culture! We don’t have that in the States!" she exclaims. "And Paris is a city on a human scale, it’s easier to meet people than it is in other big cities."

More info at (the very slow) site

I hope I can get in...
More at 071/435810

Posted on March 31, 2005
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PodGuides.net is looking for entries

I will give it a try in Tel Aviv...
More on PodGuides.net

Posted on March 31, 2005
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